Pinnacles National Monument in California was signed into law as the United States' 59th and newest national park, now bearing the name Pinnacles National Park.

The new park, with its spectacular rock formations, beautiful spring wildflowers and group of endangered condors, is a popular tourist attraction, located in the Gabilan Mountains east of central California's Salinas Valley, according to a statement from the Department of the Interior. The park encompasses 27,000 acres of wild lands.

The stunning rock formations, called pinnacles and from which the park gets its name, are the remnants of half an ancient volcano, worn down by erosion over the eons. The matching half of the volcano lies 195 miles (314 kilometers) to the southeast, on the other side of the San Andreas Fault. (The 1976 discovery that the halves were connected showed the degree of offset along the fault.)

Well, last time I checked the US wasn't exactly a very densely packed country, so... wtf?

Glassed Silver:mac

But look at the location Prime real estate sandwiched between fault lines so any thing built there will be destroyed in a few years.Americans like to build in dangerous places, earthquake zones, tornado ally, hurricane susceptible areas and on the coast but below sea level.

I remember watching an episode of Time Team US when the excavated a find that was dated late 1870s and the host was amazed and called it an ancient object, at the time i was living in a building built in 1843.

But look at the location Prime real estate sandwiched between fault lines so any thing built there will be destroyed in a few years.Americans like to build in dangerous places, earthquake zones, tornado ally, hurricane susceptible areas and on the coast but below sea level.

I remember watching an episode of Time Team US when the excavated a find that was dated late 1870s and the host was amazed and called it an ancient object, at the time i was living in a building built in 1843.

Since when is "tornado ally" a dangerous place to live? Stop watching so much tv.